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Kantagarya Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Kantagarya is a medium size village located in Goghat - II Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 239 families residing. The Kantagarya village has population of 1049 of which 549 are males while 500 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantagarya village population of children with age 0-6 is 101 which makes up 9.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantagarya village is 911 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantagarya as per census is 906, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kantagarya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantagarya village was 90.93 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kantagarya Male literacy stands at 96.17 % while female literacy rate was 85.18 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kantagarya village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kantagarya village.

Kantagarya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 239 - -
Population 1,049 549 500
Child (0-6) 101 53 48
Schedule Caste 424 220 204
Schedule Tribe 7 4 3
Literacy 90.93 % 96.17 % 85.18 %
Total Workers 519 347 172
Main Worker 333 - -
Marginal Worker 186 34 152

Caste Factor

In Kantagarya village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.42 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.67 % of total population in Kantagarya village.

Work Profile

In Kantagarya village out of total population, 519 were engaged in work activities. 64.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 519 workers engaged in Main Work, 172 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 47 were Agricultural labourer.